Potomac Institute for Policy Studies901 N. Stuart Street, Suite 200 (Mezzanine Level)Arlington, VA 22203Tel: 571-372-6565(Printable Agenda)

 Monday, April 28, 2014

Time

Topic/Title

Speaker

0830 - 0845

SERDP Overview/Update

Dr. John Hall  RC Program Manager 

0845 - 0930

RC-1729: Characterizing and Quantifying Emissions and Transport of Fugitive Dust Emissions Due to Department of Defense Activities (SERDP)

Dr. John GilliesDesert Research Institute

0930 - 1015

RC-1767: Measurement and Modeling of Fugitive Dust from Off-road DoD Activities (SERDP)

Dr. Larry WagnerUSDA Agricultural Research Service

1015 - 1045

STC meet with Resource Conservation & Climate Change Program Manager

1045 - 1100

BREAK

1100 - 1145

RC-2117: Developing Novel Ecosystems that Enhance Carbon Storage, Native Biodiversity, and Human Mobility in Lowland Hawaiian Forests (SERDP)

Dr. Rebecca OstertagUniversity of Hawaii

1145 - 1230

RC-2336: Impacts of Changing Climate on Pacific Island-based Defense Installations (SERDP)

Dr. Jeffrey DonnellyWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution

1230 - 1330

Working LunchSTC meet with Resource Conservation & Climate Change Program Manager

1330 - 1415

RC-2334: The Impact of Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change on Department of Defense Installations on Atolls in the Pacific Ocean (SERDP)

Dr. Curt StorlazziUSGS

1415 - 1500

RC-2340: Water Resources on Guam: Potential impacts and adaptive response to climate change for Department of Defense Installations (SERDP)

Dr. Stephen GingerichUSGS

1500 - 1515

BREAK

1515 - 1600

RC-2335: Advancing Best Practices for the Formulation of Localized Sea Level Rise/Coastal Inundation Extremes' Scenarios for Military Installations in the Pacific Islands (SERDP Outbrief)

Dr. John MarraNOAA

1600 - 1700

STC Meet with Resource Conservation & Climate Change Program Manager

 

1700 

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  Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Time

Topic/Title

Speaker

0830 - 0915

RC-1722: Integrated Spatial Models of Non-Native Plant Invasion, Fire Risk, and Wildlife Habitat to Support Conservation on Military and Adjacent Lands in the Arid Southwest (SERDP)

Dr. Brett DicksonNorthern Arizona University

0915 - 1000

RC-1723: Predictive Tools to Manage Altered Fire Regimes Caused by Plant Invasions in the Mojave Desert (SERDP)

Dr. Janelle DownsPacific Northwest National Laboratory

1000 - 1015

BREAK

1015 - 1100

RC-1721: Understanding and Combating the Fire-Enhancing Impact of Non-Native Annuals in Desert Scrub through the Tools of Population and Landscape Ecology (SERDP)

Dr. Claus HolzapfelRutgers University

1100 - 1145

RC-1727: An Ecohydrology Approach to Managing Intermittent and Ephemeral Streams on Department of Defense Lands in the Southwestern United States (SERDP)

Dr. Lainie LevickUniversity of Arizona

1145 - 1245

Working LunchSTC meet with Resource Conservation & Climate Change Program Manager

1245 - 1330

RC-1725: Watershed to Local Scale Characteristics and Function of Intermittent and Ephemeral Streams on Military Lands (SERDP)

Dr. David CooperColorado State University

1330 - 1415

RC-1726: Structure and Function of Ephemeral Streams in the Arid and Semiarid Southwest: Implications for Conservation and Management (SERDP)

Dr. Juliet StrombergArizona State University

1415 - 1430

BREAK

1430 - 1515

RC-1724: Hydroecology of Intermittent and Ephemeral Streams: Will Landscape Connectivity Sustain Aquatic Organisms in a Changing Climate? (SERDP)

Dr. Julian OldenUniversity of Washington

1515 - 1700

STC Meet with Resource Conservation & Climate Change Program Manager / Strategy Session

 

1700

ADJOURN

 

  Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Time

Topic/Title

Speaker

0830 

SERDP Overview/Update

Dr. John HallRC Program Manager

0845 - 0915

RC-2242: Climate Change Impacts to Department of Defense Installations (SERDP)

Dr. Veerabhadra KotamarthiArgonne National Laboratory

0915 - 0945

RC-2204: Decision-Scaling: A Decision Framework for DoD Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation Planning (SERDP)

Dr. Casey BrownUniversity of Massachusetts

0945 - 1015

RC-2206: Understanding Data Needs for Vulnerability Assessment and Decision-Making to Manage Vulnerability of DoD Installations to Climate Change (SERDP)

Dr. Richard MossBattelle

1015 - 1030

BREAK

1030 - 1100

RC-2232: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation on Southwestern DoD Facilities (SERDP)

Dr. Raphael SagarinUniversity of Arizona

1100 - 1130

RC-2205: Assessing Climate Change Impacts for DoD Installations in the Southwest United States During the Warm Season (SERDP)

Dr. Christopher CastroUniversity of Arizona

1130 - 1300

STC meet with Resource Conservation & Climate Change Program Manager Working Lunch / Project PI and Service Liaison Networking

1300 - 1400

Program Manager Overview on Project Progress to DateTerminology Issues Similarities and Differences Regarding Risk Framing and Degree of Assessment

1400 - 1500

Towards a Common Understanding of Vulnerability Assessments for DoD Installations

1500 - 1600

Climate Modelling DiscussionProgress on Identifying Consensus Approach on the Use of Down-Scaled Climate Information

1600 - 1700

Coordination and LogisticsPI and Service Liaison Discussion

1700

ADJOURN

  Thursday, May 1, 2014

Time

Topic/Title

Speaker

0830 - 0845

SERDP Overview/Update

Dr. John HallRC Program Manager

0845 - 0930

RC-2119: Endangered Butterflies as a Model System for Managing Source-Sink Dynamics on Department of Defense Lands (SERDP)

Dr. Elizabeth CroneTufts University

0930 - 1015

RC-2155: Multi-Scale Approach to Understanding Source-Sink Dynamics of Amphibians (SERDP)

Dr. Raymond SemlitschUniversity of Missouri

1015 - 1045 

STC meet with Resource Conservation & Climate Change Program Manager

1045 - 1100

BREAK

1100 - 1145

RC-2120: Sources and Sinks: Elucidating Mechanisms, Documenting Patterns, and Forecasting Impacts (SERDP)

Dr. Joshua LawlerUniversity of Washington

1145 - 1230

RC-2121: Using a Hierarchical Approach to Model Regional Source-Sink Dynamics for Neotropical-Nearctic Songbirds to Inform Management Practices on Department of Defense Installations (SERDP)

Dr. Peter MarraSmithsonian Migratory Bird Center

1230 - 1330

Working LunchSTC meet with Resource Conservation & Climate Change Program Manager

1415 - 1500

RC-2202: Methods for Assessment of Species Richness and Occupancy Across Space, Time, Taxonomic Groups, and Ecoregions (SERDP)

Dr. Erica FleishmanUniversity of California, Davis

1500- 1515

Break

 

1515 - 1600 

RC-2203: Predicting, Measuring, and Monitoring Aquatic Invertebrate Biodiversity on Dryland Military Bases (SERDP)

Dr. David LytleOregon State University

1600 - 1700

STC Meet with Resource Conservation & Climate Change Program Manager

1700

ADJOURN

  Friday, May 2, 2014

Time

Topic/Title

Speaker

0830 - 0845

SERDP Overview/Update

Dr. John HallRC Program Manager

0845 - 0930

RC-2154: Odontocete Cetaceans: Quantifying Behavioral Ecology and Response to Predators Using a Multi-Species Approach (SERDP)

Dr. Andrew ReadDuke University

0930 - 1015

RC-2114: Behavioral Ecology of Deep-Diving Odontocetes in the Bahamas (SERDP)

Dr. Kim Parsons for Dr. Diane ClaridgeBahamas Marine Mammal Research Organization

1015 - 1045

STC meet with Resource Conservation & Climate Change Program Manager

1045 - 1100

BREAK

1100 - 1145

RC-2112: Deep Mapping Teuthivorous Whales and Their Prey Fields (SERDP)

Dr. Kelly Benoit-BirdOregon State University

1145 - 1230

RC-2337: Behavioural Ecology of Cetaceans: The Relationship of Body Condition with Behavior and Reproductive Status (SERDP)

Dr. Patrick MillerUniversity of Saint Andrews

1230 - 1330

Working LunchSTC meet with Resource Conservation & Climate Change Program Manager

1330 - 1415

RC-2109: Identifying Indicators of State Change and Forecasting Future Vulnerability in Alaskan Boreal Ecosystems (SERDP)

Dr. Edward SchuurUniversity of Florida

1415 - 1500

RC-2110: Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Army Alaska with Decision Support Tools Developed through Field Work and Modeling (SERDP)

Dr. Thomas DouglasU.S. Army ERDC-CRREL

1500 - 1515

BREAK

1515 - 1600

RC-2111: Improved Understanding of Permafrost Controls on Hydrology in Interior Alaska by Integration of Ground-Based Geophysical Permafrost Characterization and Numerical Modeling (SERDP)

Dr. Michelle WalvoordUSGS

 1600 - 1700

STC Meet with Resource Conservation & Climate Change Program Manager

 1700

ADJOURN